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VR (nerve agent), a nerve gas, also known as Russian VX, Soviet V-gas, Substance 33, or R-33; Venous return, the rate of bloodflow returning to the heart; Vibration Reduction, an anti-shake lens technology by Nikon; Virtual reality therapy, for the treatment of PTSD patients
initialism = an abbreviation pronounced wholly or partly using the names of its constituent letters, e.g., CD = compact disc, pronounced cee dee; pseudo-blend = an abbreviation whose extra or omitted letters mean that it cannot stand as a true acronym, initialism, or portmanteau (a word formed by combining two or more words).
Lists of acronyms contain acronyms, a type of abbreviation formed from the initial components of the words of a longer name or phrase. They are organized alphabetically and by field. They are organized alphabetically and by field.
Incorrectly, or as an abbreviation, some documentation refers to V ref and/or V rot speeds as "V r." [29] V S: Stall speed or minimum steady flight speed for which the aircraft is still controllable. [7] [8] [9] V S 0: Stall speed or minimum flight speed in landing configuration. [7] [8] [9] V S 1: Stall speed or minimum steady flight speed for ...
Such citations and abbreviations are found in court decisions, statutes, regulations, journal articles, books, and other documents. Below is a basic list of very common abbreviations. Because publishers adopt different practices regarding how abbreviations are printed, one may find abbreviations with or without periods for each letter.
DTD—Document Type Definition; DTE—Data Terminal Equipment or data transfer rate; DTO—Data Transfer Object; DTP—Desktop Publishing; DTR—Data Terminal Ready or Data transfer rate; DVD—Digital Versatile Disc or Digital Video Disc; DVD-R—DVD-Recordable; DVD-ROM—DVD-Read-Only Memory; DVD-RW—DVD-Rewritable; DVI—Digital Visual ...
This is a list of abbreviations used in medical prescriptions, including hospital orders (the patient-directed part of which is referred to as sig codes). This list does not include abbreviations for pharmaceuticals or drug name suffixes such as CD, CR, ER, XT (See Time release technology § List of abbreviations for those).
List of initialisms, acronyms ("words made from parts of other words, pronounceable"), and other abbreviations used by the government and the military of the United States. Note that this list is intended to be specific to the United States government and military—other nations will have their own acronyms.